1. 1. Sandburg is talking about the cannons of war ships.
2. 2. The jackies are the enemy in their ships. The jackies have just won a battle and are celebrating their victory
3. 3. The gun was used by a soldier in the war and the shovel is used to bury the fallen soldier.
4. 4. The significance of the title is to show that the soldiers are like slave tools used in war and nothing more.
5. 5. The effect of the contrasting actions is to show that war is never ending and repetitive no matter how we try to avoid it. The person’s attitude towards the soldiers is very demanding and heartless, he treats them like their lives were useless and they are just tools that are going to die.
6. 6. In my view, it is harder to build a city back up again than to destroy it. If you plan to destroy a city, all it takes is just some firepower and manpower to blow the cities up into smithereens. However, if you are trying to rebuild the city back to its original glory, there are many obstacles that you have to overcome. One such example would be the post war fear that is implanted into the people’s minds and it could haunt them for ages. Another example would be that after you destroy a city, people die and this leads to homeless children and jobless people which would affect the city’s economy. Thus I conclude that it is harder to rebuild a city than to destroy one.
7. 7. The way wars are carried out is changing. People used to fight with weapons and many lives are lost through the war. However, now machines are made to do the dirty job of fighting the war and these wars are quicker and the lives of people are not greatly affected.
8. 8. I feel that one example is the fall of Gaddafi, now people are following their own beliefs which shows the change of leadership to democracy.
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